When to have family pics done?

mamarazzi

We haven't done pro pics since Law was 6 months old.  I'd like to get some of our whole family...like a "lifestyle" session...just us being us.  Would it be better to do some while Andersen is tiny at our home or should we wait until he's a bit older and do them outside?

hikerbeth

I always pick outside (because we usually put the dogs in the picture, too) and we have some pretty amazing scenery in Boulder, CO.

mamarazzi

Yeah, Hiker....if I lived in CO, I'd always take them outside, too.  Somehow the Loess Hills just aren't all that magestic.

aml0905

I LOVE outdoor pics and the leaves change colors in the fall here so that is when I like to get them done. We have some awesome ones from this past fall. The trees were just beautiful.

If I lived near a beach I would love to get pics done there I always love the family pics I see at the beach.

Mominator

When DS was a newborn we did his pictures and then also did family shots in our home and outside in our yard. We plan on getting them again when he turns 1 y/o this sping and kind of making an annual thing out of it. Could you do something like that?

Ciarrai

Personally, I usually recommend waiting until a baby is about 6 months before doing family photos if you're not doing them too often.  By about 6mo, they look like themselves if that makes any sense.  Newborns look like newborns but by 6 months they tend to have a lot more characteristics and personality if that makes sense.  Either way, depending on your photog, I would recommend waiting and doing them outside somewhere like a park.